01893cam a22003373u 4500 37657 UtSlPG 20260610133847.0 m cr n 260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 DG À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856 The Comic History of Rome Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2011 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comic_History_of_Rome Release date is 2011-10-07 Produced by Margo Romberg, crana and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Comic History of Rome" by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett is a humorous work published in 1851. This satirical take on ancient Roman history spans from Rome's foundation to Julius Caesar's assassination, featuring illustrations by John Leech. Through deliberately anachronistic imagery—senators in top hats, Victorian-styled patricians—the work lampoons both ancient Rome and contemporary Victorian society. The collaboration between À Beckett's text and Leech's witty illustrations creates a comic mirror reflecting the social and political tensions of 1850s England through the lens of Roman history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Wit and humor, Pictorial Rome -- History -- Humor Leech, John, 1817-1864 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37657 78497 78497